Posted by Captain Emmeline Davis (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge

Posted by Cadet Anders Taurean (Scientist) in Main Sim - Bridge

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“Captain,” he said, the words almost slipping from his mouth, “The transmission was sent from a moon in the deep in the Cygnus system. The Hyrambi Mining Co has almost a dozen operative, self-sustaining mines mining cortenide, rodinium and neosorium in bunches. Surface contact is difficult because of atmospheric EM storms and impassably cold temperatures. Supply ships are few and far between, and oft just as like to disappear in transit as they are to reach their destination. There shouldn’t be more than one or two dozen people in each mine.”

An attack on the surface would be difficult, but is not improbable, given the reward at hand. he wanted to add. The cadet instead refrained, in fear of overstepping his junior status.

(Cadet Anders Taurean, Science Division)

From the tactical station Cadet Joseph Rainns ran a detailed scan of the area. “Captain there is one other ship in this sector, the U.S.S Shining Sea, but it is moving away from Cygnus IX towards Deep Space 7.” He reported this info as quickly and precisely as possible, hoping to make the Captain’s next decision easier in any way possible.

Cadet Joseph Rainns- Security

Emmy stood and turned to focus on each cadet in turn as they provided her the information she requested. She’d never liked how the bridge was positioned so that her back was to the crew; it made it difficult to hear them. “Thank you, cadets,” she responded, her tone sincere. “Cadet Taurean, let’s see what we can do to make contact as we’re en route. Cadet Rainns, contact the mining company for a status update from their end as well as the personnel jackets for those assigned to the mine.”

Davis, CO

Taking advantage of the downtime between missions, Max had been doing his rounds checking in on the different departments. Finally taking a break, he had made his way back to the bridge to see if they had heard anything from command yet.

The turbolift doors opened right as the Captain was giving her orders.

“What did I miss Captain?”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

“Aye, Captain.” Anders responded to his orders with a low affirmation, his hands jumping to work at the con before the words left his mouth. He kept his head down when the Challenger’s first officer came aboard, working on a transmission.

Assuming the EM storms would cause subspace interference to dead-stop the attempted communication, the cadet tried several different versions of the same message. First a general comm was sent, bearing the ship name and location, requesting to re-establish transmission and for more information. Then Anders transferred that message’s vital information into morse code and sent out a comm in that fashion as well.

“First messages sent, Captain. Awaiting a response now,” He announced not a minute later.

Still uncertain of response probability, Anders began preliminary work to translate both of his messages into an EM pulse via waveguides. This would draw some power from the deflector array, but might stand a better chance of cutting through EM storms on the moon’s surface. It could take the miners a little while to decipher the messages, but even that could save time from brute-forcing regular subspace transmissions through those same storms. All the cadet could do now was wait, briefly, for a response. Anders’ knuckles began turning white from the pressure of gripping the sides of his con, now playing the waiting game as calculations ran regarding the feasibility of his idea. In doing so, he drafted how to request permission from Captain Davis to try such a thing, nervous to please, and to do well.

The waiting and the uncertainty were enough to drive the anxious Taurean mad.

(Cadet Anders Taurean, Science Division)

Since she was still turned around looking at the cadets at the various consoles, Emmy could watch as Harkness made his way from the turbo lift onto the bridge. She nodded in greeting and then quickly gave him a rundown of what they knew so far, ending with they were waiting to see if Taurean’s attempts to contact the colony were successful. She added another question to her previous list, “how far out are we?”

Davis, CO

Nodding wordlessly at the Captain’s orders, Rainns sent an automated inquiry as to the status of the mining facility and faculty. After finishing he leaned back slightly and anxiously waited for a response.

Cadet Joseph Rainns- Security